Arisaema taiwanense Hummingbird Plants This consummate conversation piece grows

This consummate conversation piece grows well in sites that can be kept slightly moist but well-drained

an 18" stalk will emerge in late June and be topped with a cute

where they are usually appreciated only by snails and slugs

tan-colored flower spikes that extend just past the foliage

imported to the US by plantsman John Elsley in the 1970s

Arisaema taiwanense Hummingbird Plants This consummate conversation piece growsIf you haven't grown A. taiwanense, you haven't lived! This stunning cobra lily emerges in spring as a thick, 30" tall, snakeskin colored stalk of light green with dark black blotches. Atop the stem sits a perfectly radial leaf, with 1' long leaflets, emerging like spokes on a wheel, each ending as a drooping thread. The flower emerges from the ground to form a giant grim reaper like black purple hood with a long threadlike tongue emerging from the